"Peasant Wives"

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This paper discusses how most of the works of the Russian author, Anton Chekhov, involve peasant people, depicting their lives, afflictions, and joys. It examines how he is an author that represents life in a different angle, at times making the readers feel disillusioned or pessimistic after reading his works. In particular, it discusses Chekhov's ability to illustrate reality about human life through the study of his short story, "Peasant Wives." Through an analysis of the text, it posits that the brutality of peasant life is vividly depicted in Chekhov's literary works, mainly through the characters and themes illustrated in the story.

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"The first theme, the theme of realism, talks about the main elements present in most of Chekhov's works, which mainly centers on the element of familiar and the negative of the lives of people. Through the theme of realism, Chekhov truthfully illustrates Russian peasant life in "Peasant Wives," wherein difficulties experienced by people of poverty and the seemingly "familiar" conditions that they confront everyday give life to Chekhov's narrative. Furthermore, through the help of the characters in the story, Chekhov manages to add a different twist to these two elements that is characteristic only of Chekhov's writing and narrative style."

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